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Pelé: The King of Soccer

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to his schoolmates as Pelé, grew up in poverty within the Sao Paulo region of Brazil. He was once too poor to have enough money an actual soccer ball, so he played with a ball of newspaper tied along side string. Yet he dominated the youth leagues and signed his first professional soccer contract on the age of fifteen. Within two years he was once celebrated across the world, when he led Brazil to victory on the world cup. Known by his fans as “O Rei” (The King), Pelé is widely considered the greatest soccer player of all time. But he is more than just an athlete: he also traveled the world as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. Pelé is the living symbol of a sport he dubbed “the beautiful game”―a game that brings people together irrespective of race or nationality.

In the graphic novel Pele: The King of Soccer, Eddy Simon and Vincent Brascaglia beautifully depict Pele’s rise from the slums of Brazil to the national stage.


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